Nonilex@Nonilex@masto.ai
Trump's rhetoric about #DC echoes a history of #racist narratives about #urban #crime
#Trump has taken control of DC’s #police & ordered #NationalGuard #troops to deploy onto the streets of the nation’s capital, claiming the extraordinary moves are necessary to curb an urgent public safety crisis.
#WhiteSupremacy #law #MilitaryState #autocracy #democracy #CivilRights #coup #TrumpCoup2
https://apnews.com/article/trump-washington-dc-takeover-race-39388597bad7e70085079888fe7fb57b?utm_source=onesignal&utm_medium=push&utm_campaign=2025-08-12-Trump%27s+DC+rhetoric
Nonilex@Nonilex@masto.ai
Even as #DC officials questioned the claims underlying his *#emergency declaration*, #Trump promised a “historic action to rescue our nation’s capital from crime, bloodshed, bedlam & squalor & worse.” His rhetoric echoed that used by #conservatives going back decades who have denounced #cities, especially those with majority #nonwhite populations or led by #progressives, as lawless or crime-ridden & in need of outside intervention.
#WhiteSupremacy #law #MilitaryState #CivilRights #TrumpCoup2